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Published on: July 12, 2024
Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Exposure
Carlos F Gould1, Sam Heft-Neal2, Mary Johnson3
1Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; email: gould.cf@gmail.com, mburke@stanford.edu.
Abstract:
We review current knowledge on the trends and drivers of global wildfire activity, advances in the measurement of wildfire smoke exposure, and evidence on the health effects of this exposure. We describe methodological issues in estimating the causal effects of wildfire smoke exposures on health and quantify their importance, emphasizing the role of nonlinear and lagged effects. We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the health effects of wildfire smoke exposure, finding positive impacts on all-cause mortality and respiratory hospitalizations but less consistent evidence on cardiovascular morbidity. We conclude by highlighting priority areas for future research, including leveraging recently developed spatially and temporally resolved wildfire-specific ambient air pollution data to improve estimates of the health effects of wildfire smoke exposure.
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